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Ohio State University researchers have developed a new strategy to overcome one of the major obstacles to a grand challenge in physics. What they've discovered could eventually aid high-temperature superconductivity, as well as the development of new high-tech materials.

This is a pretty cool hack. A gadgeteer figured out a way to power his iPod with steam. It's a whole lot of effort, rather than just grabbing one of the gazillion solar chargers out there, but makes for a neat project. Check out a video of the generator in action after the jump....